Malibu planning officials will vote on a development permit on Monday that could unlock or jeopardize $55 million in state funding intended to improve Pacific Coast Highway.

The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, is proposing a two-part repavement project along the historic highway in Malibu that it said will rehabilitate the roadway, minimize the need for future maintenance work and add a series of road features that will make cyclists and pedestrians safer and more mobile.

The first segment of that plan, involving work from Cross Creek Road to the Ventura County line, is what’s currently up for approval.

“If this is shot down for whatever reason, then we're a bunch of fools,” said Michel Shane, a film producer who became a road safety activist after a driver killed

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